SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1994
EDUCATION OFFICERS CONDUCT SURPRISE INSPECTION
DISTRICT
EDUCATION OFFICERS FROM MONG KOK
TODAY (SATURDAY} INSPECTION AT AN EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT CONDUCTED A SURPRISE SUSPECTED OF OFFERING "MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF LINGUISTICS" COURSES WITHOUT APPROVAL.
THE INSPECTION WAS MADE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS FROM THE PUBLIC, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
(MIL)
MEMBERS
OF
(MONG OFFICERS
THE HONG KONG COMPUTER LANGUAGES AND COMMERCE COLLEGE КОК) WAS PUT UNDER OBSERVATION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS BEFORE OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICE ENTERED THE DUNDAS STREET PREMISES AT 3.15 PM.
DEPARTMENT " THE
"THE ESTABLISHMENT IS REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION AS A SCHOOL BUT NO APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO RUN THE MIL COURSE, SPOKESMAN SAID.
A QUANTITY OF DOCUMENTS SUSPECTED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE MIL COURSE AT THE PREMISES WAS SEIZED.
RUNNING
"ADVICE IS BEING SOUGHT FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT LEGAL ACTION, HE SAID.
ON
TAKING
EDUCATION
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC IN SEEKING FURTHER CHECK WHETHER THE SCHOOL AND COURSES HAD BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
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CONTRACTORS URGED TO OBSERVE SAFETY LAWS
TAT-KING
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR CHAN TODAY (SATURDAY) URGED BUILDING CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE SUITABLE QUARD- RAILS TO DANGEROUS OPENINGS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
SAFETY HE SAID FAILURE OF THE MANAGEMENT TO CARRY OUT A SIMPLE
WORKER AND MAY PRECAUTION LIKE THIS MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF LIFE OF THE INCUR SEVERE PUNISHMENT UNDER EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS.
A
THE ADVICE WAS GIVEN FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH
FOR WAS HEAVILY FINED CONSTRUCTION
VIOLATING CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY LAWS.
COMPANY
CHI-WING OF THE TERRITORIES
HE
BUILDING
ON JULY 8 LAST YEAR, FACTORY INSPECTOR LAM BUILDING ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION OFFICE OF THE NEW NORTH AND TAI PO REGION INSPECTED A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN FANLING.
A FOUND A TWIN LIFT SHAFT OPENINGS ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR OF UNDER CONSTRUCTION HAD NO SUITABLE GUARD-RAILS.
/FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATIONS